Activate the vitality of Chinese excellent traditional culture with the spirit of the times
Xinhua News Agency reporter
“The Chinese civilization has a long history and is profound and profound. It is the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, the foundation of contemporary Chinese culture, the spiritual bond that maintains the Chinese all over the world, and the treasure of Chinese cultural innovation.” Combining reality and combining with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, constantly promote the modernization of Marxism in China, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture.” On May 27, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized this when presiding over the thirty-ninth collective study of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee on deepening the project of exploring the source of Chinese civilization.
Stepping on solid ground, looking up at the historical starry sky, and refining the essence of the Chinese culture and spirit of the times, General Secretary Xi Jinping led the Chinese people on a long march on the road to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Let us follow the “cultural footprint” of the general secretary, draw on the surging power of the past, strengthen our historical awareness, strengthen our cultural self-confidence, and unswervingly follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
“We must attach importance to the protection and inheritance of history and culture, and protect the endless roots of the Chinese nation’s spirit.”
On June 8, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the Sansu Temple in the central urban area of Meishan, Sichuan Province. The general secretary said with deep feeling: “The Chinese nation has a profound heritage of more than 5,000 years of civilization and history, and we lead the people on the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must be good at learning the concepts of governance and governance from the excellent traditional Chinese culture. In thinking, we should extensively learn from the achievements of all excellent civilizations in the world, and we should not be closed and rigid, nor should we use foreign things as the standard.”
Ask him how clear he is? For there is a source of living water.
In mid-spring of 2021, Wuyi Mountain, Fujian. General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Zhuxi Garden by the Jiuqu River, looked back on history and pointed out: “If there is no Chinese civilization for 5,000 years, where would there be any Chinese characteristics? If it is not Chinese characteristics, how can we have such a successful society with Chinese characteristics today. the path of ideology?”
The cultural heritage of the Can Ruo Galaxy is like the source of water, nourishing the Chinese nation.
“Cultural relics and cultural heritage carry the genes and blood of the Chinese nation, and are non-renewable and irreplaceable resources of Chinese excellent civilization.”
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has personally guided and promoted the protection and inheritance of historical and cultural heritage.
In Jiayuguan Guancheng, Gansu, General Secretary Xi Jinping climbed the tower to inspect the overall appearance of the city, and emphasized that we must attach importance to the protection and inheritance of history and culture, and protect the endless roots of the Chinese nation’s spirit.
The picture shows the dance drama “Only Green” created around the handed down masterpiece “A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains” at the 2022 CCTV Spring Festival Gala (video screenshot).Photo courtesy of China Central Radio and Television Station
During his inspection in Guangxi, General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into the Han Dynasty Culture Museum in Hepu County to inspect the ancient Chinese bronzes, pottery and foreign pottery, amber, colored glass and other cultural relics unearthed from the Hepu Han Tomb. He pointed out that the Chinese nation has a long history, Chinese civilization has a long history, and Chinese culture is broad and profound. , a museum is a university.
In Chengde, Hebei, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Summer Resort, Puning Temple, and Chengde Museum to conduct an in-depth investigation of cultural heritage protection and ethnic and religious work, emphasizing that garden culture is a treasure of Chinese culture for thousands of years. , There are our excellent traditional cultural genes in China.
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“China’s excellent traditional culture is the crystallization and essence of the wisdom of Chinese civilization, the root and soul of the Chinese nation, and the foundation for us to stand firm in the turmoil of world culture.” Traveling across the country, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s concern reflects his emphasis on The original intention of historical and cultural heritage protection.
Liangzhu, Yuhang, Zhejiang Province, is a sacred place with a history of more than 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. Several generations of archaeologists have worked diligently here to explore the first imprints of Chinese civilization.
In 2016, famous archaeologists Su Bai, Xie Chensheng, Huang Jinglue and Zhang Zhongpei sent a letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping, hoping to promote the early declaration of the Liangzhu site as a world cultural heritage. General Secretary Xi Jinping made an important instruction on this: “We must strengthen the effective protection of ancient ruins, carry out systematic archaeological excavations in a focused manner, and continuously deepen our understanding of the long history and precious value of Chinese civilization.” Three years later, the site of Liangzhu Ancient City was officially listed. inscribed on the World Heritage List.
General Secretary Xi Jinping spared no effort to protect historical and cultural heritage, “protecting cultural relics has merit in the contemporary era and benefit in the future”, “increasing the awe of historical cultural relics, and establishing the scientific concept that the protection of cultural relics is also a political achievement”.
How to better play the role of cultural relics while protecting cultural relics, General Secretary Xi Jinping has in-depth thinking.
In February 2014, when the General Secretary visited the Beijing History and Culture Exhibition at the Capital Museum, he emphasized that the purpose of holding history museum exhibitions is to witness history, learn from history, and inspire future generations. It is necessary to attach great importance to the cultivation of history and ambition during the exhibition, let the cultural relics speak and tell people the wisdom of history, stimulate our national pride and self-confidence, and strengthen the confidence and determination of all people to revitalize China and realize the Chinese dream.
On June 18, 2021, the general secretary came to the just-completed Chinese Communist Party History Exhibition Hall to visit the “‘Don’t Forget the Original Heart, Remember the Mission’ Chinese Communist Party History Exhibition”, and lead the party members and leading comrades to review the oath of joining the party.
At the special historical node of the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary walked into “red landmarks” everywhere: the Red Army’s Long March Xiangjiang Campaign Memorial Park, the Red Building of Peking University, the former residence of Comrade Mao Zedong in Fengze Garden… Following the footsteps of the General Secretary, we learned from The spiritual power to forge ahead in a new journey.
“Strengthening the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics, promoting revolutionary culture, and inheriting the red gene are the common responsibility of the whole party and the whole society.” Promote the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics to create a new situation, and use revolutionary culture to sublimate the cultural self-confidence of the whole nation.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly, “We must adhere to the fundamental guiding ideology of Marxism, inherit and carry forward revolutionary culture, develop advanced socialist culture, and find the source of living water from the excellent traditional Chinese culture.”
Continuing the red blood, determined to relay struggle. 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have formulated implementation plans for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics; provincial cultural relics departments in Fujian, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Guangdong and other provincial-level cultural relics departments have added revolutionary cultural relics offices. To find out, historical research and value mining have been deepened, and new vitality has been radiated in the new era.
On the eve of the May 4th Youth Day in 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Renmin University of China for inspection.
In the library of Renmin University of China, the general secretary emphasized that it is necessary to use modern scientific and technological means to strengthen the protection, restoration and comprehensive utilization of ancient book collections, to deeply explore the philosophical thoughts, humanistic spirit, values, and moral norms contained in ancient books, and to promote the creative transformation of Chinese excellent traditional culture. , innovative development.
Chinese cultural classics are vast, bearing thousands of years of Chinese civilization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been very concerned about the arrangement and inheritance of Chinese cultural classics: when he inspected the Confucius House in Qufu, Shandong Province, he said that he would carefully read the two books “Confucius’s Language Interpretation” and “The Analects of Confucius”; Compilation of Chinese Studies Series “Confucianism”; presented a reprint of “Yongle Grand Ceremony” to the University of Macau…
From emphasizing “strive to build archaeology with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese style”, to emphasizing “deepening research on the characteristics and forms of Chinese civilization, and providing theoretical support for the construction of new forms of human civilization”. The General Secretary requested that the study of the origin of Chinese civilization should be closely combined with the study of major issues such as the characteristics and forms of Chinese civilization, in-depth research and interpretation of the development direction of the Chinese nation’s community and the evolution pattern of the Chinese nation’s pluralistic unity revealed by the origin of Chinese civilization. , The spiritual characteristics and development form of attaching great importance to the people, keeping integrity, advocating justice, respecting harmony and seeking great harmony, and clarifying the profound cultural heritage of the Chinese road.
On the world stage, the “highlight moments” of Chinese civilization appear frequently.
On July 25, 2021, at the 44th World Heritage Conference, “Quanzhou: China’s World Marine Commerce and Trade Center in Song and Yuan Dynasties” successfully passed the deliberation and became my country’s 56th World Heritage Site.
“We must adhere to the civilization concept of promoting equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and tolerance, understand different civilizations’ understanding of the connotation of value with a broad mind, respect the exploration of their own development paths by the people of different countries, transcend the barriers between civilizations with exchanges of civilizations, and learn from each other among civilizations. Transcend the conflict of civilizations, surpass the superiority of civilizations with the coexistence of civilizations, and promote the common values of all mankind contained in the Chinese civilization.” General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized this.
Based on the land of China and telling the story of Chinese civilization well, a credible, lovely and respectable image of China is being displayed in front of the world.
“Promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and build the soul for national rejuvenation”
Every nation moving towards rejuvenation is inseparable from the guidance of value pursuit; every journey of forging ahead must be supported by spiritual strength.
In May 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his reply letter to all the editorial staff of the editorial department of “Literature, History and Philosophy”: “To strengthen the backbone and confidence of being a Chinese, so that the world can better understand China and understand China, it is necessary to have a deep understanding of Chinese civilization. From the perspective of combining history and reality, theory and practice, it will explain in depth how to better adhere to the Chinese path, carry forward the Chinese spirit, and unite Chinese strength.”
On May 4, 2014, in a discussion with teachers and students of Peking University, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly: “The history of the development of human society shows that for a nation and a country, the most lasting and deepest force is the joint efforts of the whole society. recognized core values.”
The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core creatively condenses the connotation of Chinese excellent traditional culture into the core socialist values, and promotes Chinese excellent traditional culture to transcend time and space, become new with time, and bloom with new brilliance in the new era——
“The socialist core values we advocate embody the thoughts of ancient sages and sages, the long-cherished wish of people with lofty ideals, the ideals of revolutionary martyrs, and the aspirations of people of all ethnic groups for a better life. , with special emphasis on starting with children.”
Under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the core socialist values based on the excellent traditional Chinese culture have been transformed into a code of conduct that people use daily without realizing it, and become the “greatest common divisor” for social consensus.
On November 17, 2017, when taking a group photo with the representatives of the National Spiritual Civilization Construction Commendation Conference, seeing that the two representatives, Huang Xuhua and Huang Dafa, were old, General Secretary Xi Jinping asked them to sit beside him with concern and interpret the respect with actions. The traditional virtues of virtue and respect for the elderly.
With Wen Peiyuan, pay attention to the details, the small, and the implementation, so that the gentle breeze of virtue and kindness caresses every corner of the Chinese land. Nowadays, with the in-depth development of spiritual civilization creation activities such as civilized families and civilized campuses, the new winds of civilization rooted in traditional culture, such as respecting the old and loving the young, diligence and thrift, are blowing into the hearts of the people. Forge ahead.
Cultural identity is the foundation of the consciousness of the Chinese nation’s community. Inspiring spiritual power is inseparable from the development of national culture.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation, so that the hearts of all ethnic groups can be united and spiritually dependent, and a strong spiritual bond of cohesion and unity must be formed.”
At the National Culture Palace, a large-scale achievement exhibition to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a large silver carved screen attracted the attention of General Secretary Xi Jinping. Using the carving techniques that have been passed down for thousands of years, the screen vividly depicts 112 distinctive characters of 56 ethnic groups, showing the magnificent scene of the Chinese nation as a family and one heart to build the Chinese dream. Yin Yin hopes.
Watching the rap show of the classical national epic “Gesa (S)er” at the Chifeng Museum in Inner Mongolia, the general secretary emphasized: “my country is a unified multi-ethnic country, and the Chinese nation is formed by the continuous exchanges and integration of multi-ethnic groups.”
On Barkhor Street in Tibet, the general secretary sighed with emotion: “The thousand-year-old Barkhor Street is a Barkhor Street built by our various ethnic groups. The cultures of various ethnic groups communicate and blend here, and our big family of the Chinese nation is happy here.”
In the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, he inspected the protection and research of cultural relics, and promoted the excellent traditional culture.
Under the deep concern of General Secretary Xi Jinping, my country’s national culture is eclectic, diverse and integrated, constantly showing new vitality——
The National Ethnic Minority Arts Festival, which has been successfully held for six sessions, features frequent and splendid performances, vividly showing the inheritance and development of the literature and art of all ethnic groups in my country and the style of the times.
The National Ethnic Minority Traditional Sports Meeting builds a stage for ethnic exchanges and mutual learning and emotional integration. The unique and interesting sports events show Chinese style and Chinese wisdom.
On July 8, 2022, the opening ceremony of the new Tibet Museum was held in Lhasa. The new Tibet Museum covers an area of 65,000 square meters and houses more than 520,000 pieces, including more than 40,000 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics. It is the only one in Tibet that integrates functions such as collection, display, research, education and service. National first-class modern comprehensive museum. In October 2017, as a major public cultural benefit project in Tibet during the “13th Five-Year Plan” period, the reconstruction and expansion project of the new museum was officially launched, with a total national investment of 660 million yuan. The picture shows the audience visiting the new hall of the Tibet Museum.Tibet Daily reporter Wang Min / photo
More and more ethnic minority areas rely on rich natural and cultural resources to eat “tourism meals” and take a steady “road to prosperity”.
On the land of China, a spiritual home for all ethnic groups has been built, and a more beautiful flower of Chinese culture has been watered.
On December 14, 2021, the opening ceremony of the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association.
With a profound historical perspective, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s words were sonorous——
“It is necessary to explore the ideology, humanistic spirit, and moral norms of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, integrate artistic creativity with the value of Chinese culture, combine the spirit of Chinese aesthetics with contemporary aesthetic pursuits, and activate the vitality of Chinese culture.”
Hundreds of boats compete, and thousands of sails compete. Literature and art workers adhere to the Chinese cultural standpoint, inherit Chinese cultural genes, and show Chinese aesthetic style, so that literary and artistic creations not only have the background of contemporary life, but also have the blood of cultural traditions.
“Remember Nostalgia”, “I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City”, “National Treasure” and other TV programs that promote excellent traditional culture are very popular; The dramatic work is very popular…
“We must adhere to integrity and innovation, promote the adaptation of Chinese excellent traditional culture to socialist society, display the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, and better build Chinese spirit, Chinese values, and Chinese strength.”
“Insist on creative transformation and innovative development, find the connection point between traditional culture and modern life, and continuously meet the people’s growing needs for a better life”
“Let the city retain memory and let people remember nostalgia.” At the beginning of 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s remarks were meaningful when he visited and consoled the grassroots cadres and the masses in the Qianmen East District of Beijing.
In the process of large-scale urbanization, how to properly handle the relationship between tradition and modernity, inheritance and development is an important issue that must be faced.
“It is necessary to enhance the livability of the city, guide and control the scale of the city, optimize the urban spatial layout, strengthen the construction of municipal infrastructure, and protect the historical and cultural heritage”, “We must cherish the historical and cultural heritage of the city, develop in protection, and protect in development”, ” It is necessary to unify the renovation and upgrading of the old city with the protection of historical relics and the preservation of historical context, not only to improve the living environment, but also to protect the historical and cultural heritage, so that history and culture can be integrated with modern life. “Remember nostalgia” has always been the deep concern of the general secretary.
When General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected different places, he combined local characteristics and provided suggestions for urban governance according to local conditions:
During the inspection in Guangdong in October 2018, it was emphasized that “more use of micro-transformation of this ’embroidery’ kung fu”.
During his inspection in Shanxi in May 2020, he pointed out that “travel becomes a process for people to perceive Chinese culture and enhance cultural self-confidence”.
In August 2020, he presided over a symposium on solidly promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, emphasizing that “avoid ‘a thousand cities with one face and a thousand buildings with one appearance'”.
In March 2021, when he inspected the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, he pointed out, “Protecting traditional blocks, protecting ancient buildings, and protecting cultural relics is to preserve the history and context of the city. Treating ancient buildings, old houses, and old neighborhoods There must be a heart of love and a heart of reverence.”
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What does nostalgia mean? Just that you will miss this place when you leave this place.
Looking at the state, the long cultural scroll of climbing the city tower, seeing the ancient pagoda, and remembering nostalgia is slowly unfolding:
The ancient city of Zhengding reproduces the style of the northern town, Gulangyu Island interprets the style of the Museum of Architecture of All Nations, the ancient city of Chaozhou resides in the spirit of Lingnan culture and travels through time, Beijing Hutong is engraved with the memory of the ancient capital and the strong nostalgia, and Quanzhou, a “world heritage city”, tells a moving story of tolerance and openness …When the historical context is integrated into modern life, the landscape and humanities converge into a modern livable place, and cultural self-confidence builds a shared spiritual home.
Under the personal promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the integration of history and culture, landscape culture and urban and rural development will interpret the symphony of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
On July 3, 2022, the Hong Kong Palace Museum was officially opened to the public. The picture shows the audience visiting and taking pictures in the exhibition hall of the Hong Kong Palace Museum.Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Shen / photo
In March 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out when he inspected the Xixi National Wetland Park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, that wetlands are valuable in the original ecology, and the original ecology is the capital of tourism. The development of tourism cannot sacrifice the ecological environment, and cannot engage in excessive commercial development. Environmental architecture, let alone private clubs, let the park become a green space shared by the people.
November 2020, Yangzhou, Jiangsu. General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Canal Sanwan Ecological and Cultural Park located in the south of Yangzhou, and observed along the water trail, and pointed out, “For thousands of years, the canal has nourished the cities and people on both sides of the canal, and it has been the river of prosperity and happiness for the people on both sides of the canal. I hope everyone can work together to protect the Grand Canal so that the canal will always benefit the people.”
General Secretary Xi Jinping personally planned and promoted the construction of the Grand Canal, the Great Wall, the Long March, the Yellow River, and the Yangtze River National Cultural Park, creating a historical and cultural symbol that inherits the Chinese civilization, connecting the Chinese culture, interpreting ecological civilization, and demonstrating cultural confidence.
“We must actively promote the protection and utilization of cultural relics and the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, explore the multiple values of cultural relics and cultural heritage, and spread more value symbols and cultural products that carry Chinese culture and Chinese spirit.”
The long river of history is turbulent, but only the Chinese civilization has experienced thousands of years of calamities without interruption; entering the new era, it is more vigorous, vigorous and promising, and every wave has a story of galloping.
“Adhere to creative transformation and innovative development, find the connection point between traditional culture and modern life, and continuously meet the people’s growing needs for a better life.” General Secretary Xi Jinping has pioneered the protection, inheritance, and innovation of traditional culture, and activated the vitality of Chinese excellent traditional culture with the spirit of the times.
One day in June 2021, the production workshop of Qinghai Shengyuan Carpet Group Co., Ltd. was busy. Colorful Tibetan carpets hang all over the wall, with various patterns and styles.
General Secretary Xi Jinping approached and inspected with great interest, and felt the texture of the Tibetan carpet with his hands from time to time.
In 2006, “Kaya Tibetan carpet weaving skills” was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. In recent years, relying on high-quality raw materials, unique national style and exquisite craftsmanship, Tibetan carpets have walked down the plateau and into the world.
The general secretary has a long and sincere statement: “The Tibetan carpet industry not only plays a role in alleviating poverty and promoting rural revitalization, but also promoting national unity.”
Under the guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s “creative transformation and innovative development”, traditional culture is integrated with modern life, and it is full of vitality in response to the proposition of the times.
In September 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was inspecting in Shaanxi, walked into the Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall of Suide County, where there are willow weaves, clay sculptures, murals, and suonas.
“Folk art is the precious wealth of the Chinese nation. Protecting, inheriting and making good use of these treasures left by our ancestors is of great significance to continuing the historical context and building a socialist cultural power.”
I am here and I am deeply affectionate every step of the way. Spend traditional festivals with the masses in Beijing Hutongs making dumplings, spend money to buy traditional Chinese medicine sachets in Mazhuang Village in Jiangsu to “support”, praise the inheritor of Miao Embroidery in Guizhou villages, “what the nation belongs to the world“, in the Li village at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain Looking at Li Jin and Rattan Bian, talking about a bright future with everyone… Reshaping the national cultural resources, General Secretary Xi Jinping has a deep vision and far-reaching thinking.
With the rules of the ancients, open up your own life. A major strategic measure of the party and the country to continue the Chinese culture and inherit the excellent traditional culture – the project of inheriting and developing the excellent traditional Chinese culture has continued to advance with remarkable results.
The series of books “Hundred Classics of Chinese Traditional Culture” are well received by readers. The TV programs “Chinese Poetry Conference” and “China in Classics” are popular at home and abroad. National trendy cultural creations, ancient Hanfu, etc. have become fashionable… Collected in the museum The cultural relics, the heritage displayed on the vast land, and the words written in the ancient books come alive and nourish a beautiful new life.
“We must create a strong social atmosphere that inherits Chinese civilization”, “educate and guide the masses, especially young people, to better understand and recognize Chinese civilization, and enhance the ambition, backbone, and confidence of being a Chinese.” General Secretary Xi Jinping’s words are firm.
Written by: Zhou Wei, Wang Peng, Xu Zhuang